http://www.just-drinks.comDaily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com© 2009 All content copyright just-drinks.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:42:25 GMTFri, 20 Nov 2009 21:42:25 GMTjust-drinks.com - RSS feedjust-drinks.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20http://www.just-drinks.com/images/small_logo_drinks.gifhttp://www.just-drinks.com10021Fortune Brands, owner of Beam Global Spirits & Wine, expects to increase the proportion of its sales from outside of the US, group chief financial officer Craig Omtvedt has told an investor conference.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99129Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:00 GMTThe Edrington Group has announced the closure of one of its facilities in Scotland.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99128Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:00 GMTAnalysts and investors raised a toast to SABMiller's half-year results yesterday (19 November), despite a 26% drop in pre-tax profits, reports Michelle Russell.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99133Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMTA further wave of store closures has been announced at First Quench Retailing, the collapsed owner of Threshers off-licences in the UK.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99127Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:00 GMTSABMiller plans to launch a new super-premium beer brand in the UK, where it has overtaken Diageo as the country's largest drinks company by market value.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99125Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:00 GMTHeineken has announced the appointment of a new group commerce director.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99136Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:00 GMTSABMiller has said it is hopeful of getting beer sales in India back on track by solving a legal dispute in the state of Andhra Pradesh.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99132Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:00 GMTThe top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99130Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:00 GMTFuller, Smith & Turner, the UK brewer and pub owner, has reported strong rises in half-year sales and profits, but warned of tougher trading ahead in the second six months of its fiscal year.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99124Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:00 GMTPepsiCo has confirmed it plans to invest US$100m in Egypt next year.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99135Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:00 GMTUK bottled water company Highland Spring is to be the 2009 official water supplier to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99131Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMTUK soft drinks group Nichols has appointed Tim Croston as its group finance director with effect from 1 January 2010.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99126Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:11:00 GMTWine and spirits logistics provider London City Bond has secured a three-year contract to provide warehousing and distribution for drinks supplier Adel UK.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99123Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:00 GMTDr Pepper Snapple Group, the third largest soft drinks group in the US, is to pay its first dividend to shareholders.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99134Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:55:00 GMTSABMiller's four-year plan to save US$300m annually will not include significant job cuts, group CEO Graham Mackay told just-drinks following the group's half-year results announcement.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99115Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMTSABMiller, the global brewer, has reported a drop in half-year beer sales and pre-tax profits and expects beer markets to remain sluggish in the next six months.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99109Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:27:00 GMTAt only 37 years old, Alexandre Ricard's swift ascent on the Pernod Ricard power ladder has turned heads in the industry. His latest role, as CEO of Irish Distillers, has coincided with strong growth for the group's Jameson Irish whiskey brand. Just-drinks deputy editor Chris Mercer catches up with the hotly-tipped Pernod protege during a fly-by visit to London.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99114Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMTPernod Ricard has confirmed it plans to sell one of its bottling facilities in Scotland.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99113Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:57:00 GMTThe Scotch Whisky Association would accept a ban on alcohol sales below tax in place of a plan to introduce minimum pricing on drinks, the trade body has said.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99119Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMTFrench Agriculture minister Bruno Le Maire has called for fewer wine trade bodies in France to help simplify the sector's image on the world stage.http://www.just-drinks.com/article.aspx?id=99118Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMT